{"id":8561,"date":"2021-11-30T15:16:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2021-11-30T15:16:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T20:16:45","slug":"knitting-group-finds-the-right-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/ponte-vedra\/knitting-group-finds-the-right-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Knitting group finds the right pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Tiffany Merlo Phelps<br><a href=\"mailto:mail@floridanewsline.com\">mail@floridanewsline.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dorothy Flannery loves to knit, so about three months ago she decided to see if anyone else shared her interest in Ponte Vedra Beach. Turns out quite a few people responded to a message she posted on Palm Valley Next Door, and a knitting group formed. Now, every Wednesday night at Panera Bread in Ponte Vedra Beach, a group of ladies gather to knit, share patterns and socialize.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flannery learned to knit from her mother and still references a 1979 copy of the \u201cReader\u2019s Digest Complete Guide to Needlework\u201d when she has questions about patterns. It is complete with an inscription from her mother that she holds near to her heart: \u201cA treasure found and put to good use by Dorothy. Love, Mer.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKnitting is timeless. It hasn\u2019t changed. The fibers have changed, but the technique is the same,\u201d said Flannery, who is also a longtime travel agent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mary Beth Goodspeed saw Flannery\u2019s post right before she moved to Ponte Vedra Beach from Denver, Colo. She learned to knit from her mother and grandmother, beginning in the first grade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought this would be a great way to meet new people and socialize,\u201d said Goodspeed, whose current project is a child\u2019s sweater.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knitting group members say that most of what they create they give away as gifts, and the best part of knitting is the \u201czen\u201d feeling that it creates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member Elaine Lacy, who learned to knit as a child, is currently working on baby afghans using a bamboo cotton blend, which tends to be softer and easily washable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun because you get to work with so many colors,\u201d said Lacy, referring to the grid pattern of the afghan. \u201cYou don\u2019t get bored.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lacy is from New Hampshire where she said everyone would knit because of the long winters. When she moved to Florida four years ago, she found very few fellow knitters in the area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria Carletta, who knows how to crochet, always wanted to learn how to knit, so she joined the group right away. Carletta, originally from Portugal, moved to Ponte Vedra Beach in 1996 after living in Connecticut and New York.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll my friends in Connecticut used to knit, and I always wanted to learn,\u201d said Carletta.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flannery started Carletta with a classic \u201cMy first knit sweater\u201d pattern, and Carletta quickly took to it. Flannery went with Carletta to the store to pick out the pink yarn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flannery said that she prefers buying her yarn in person as opposed to online, so that she can see the yarn clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou really want to see the yarn in daylight, and you want to feel the fiber,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you consider the amount of time you will invest in making something, you want to make sure that you don\u2019t knit with cheap yarn.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Club member Robin Stetler said knitting provides her with relaxation as she normally knits throws. \u201cIt is mindless the way that I do it. I love to knit on long drives,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone interested in joining the knitting group should email Flannery at\u00a0dorothy@topsailjourneys.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo courtesy Tiffany Merlo Phelps\u00a0<br>Knitting group members look at a baby afghan that knitter Elaine Lacy made.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tiffany Merlo Phelpsmail@floridanewsline.com Dorothy Flannery loves to knit, so about three months ago she decided to see if anyone else shared her interest in Ponte Vedra Beach. Turns out quite a few people responded to a message she posted on Palm Valley Next Door, and a knitting group formed. 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